Name: Vintage livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next Vintage Feeder sale is Friday, January 12th at 6:00pm

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.62/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$157.62

157 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$2.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.35

vs PA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	158.87	943	74
Medium and Large 2	536	156.50	839	83

One grade step is worth $2.37/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale157 hd

157.62

—

PA average5 barns · 562 hd

178.96

−21.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	986	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	161.16/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,233	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	170.90/cwt	160.00–175.00	966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	162.49/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	976	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	152.75/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,126	179.16/cwt	179.00–180.00	2,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	198.35/cwt	195.00–205.00	680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	952	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	186.34/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,653	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	187.66/cwt	182.00–200.00	805	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	173.32/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,281	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	184.56/cwt	182.00–197.00	1,687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	170.34/cwt	165.00–185.00	816	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	932	166.65/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,553	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	194.63/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	201.00/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	237.53/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	138.34/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	199.86/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	156.83/cwt	152.00–165.00	833	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	181.95/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	156.30/cwt	150.00–165.00	949	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	178.25/cwt	165.00–190.00	574	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	138.91/cwt	130.00–145.00	804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	170.64/cwt	165.00–180.00	636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	162.42/cwt	155.00–200.00	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	143.47/cwt	130.00–150.00	1,129	6

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Vintage Feeder Cattle Sale - Paradise, PA

Fri Dec 8, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

Receipts 544Last week 568Year ago 390

The next Vintage Feeder sale is Friday, January 12th at 6:00pm

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	573	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	765	150.00–164.00	161.16
11	—	565	160.00–175.00	170.90
2	—	663	160.00–165.00	162.49
4	—	886	152.00–155.00	152.75
37	—	531	152.00–165.00	156.83
13	—	607	150.00–165.00	156.30
2	—	742	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	976	120.00	120.00
1	—	935	115.00	115.00
3	—	735	130.00–145.00	138.34
10	—	322	165.00–190.00	178.25
9	—	579	130.00–145.00	138.91
19	—	373	165.00–180.00	170.64
5	—	611	140.00	140.00
6	—	471	175.00	175.00
14	—	436	155.00–200.00	162.42
5	—	850	140.00	140.00
6	—	787	130.00–150.00	143.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,126	179.00–180.00	179.16
8	—	887	182.00–200.00	186.34
6	—	914	182.00–197.00	184.56
3	—	634	192.00–200.00	194.63
2	—	1,078	185.00	185.00
4	—	579	190.00–210.00	201.00
4	—	547	215.00–250.00	237.53
2	—	965	207.00	207.00
3	—	735	195.00–210.00	199.86
3	—	777	175.00	175.00
10	—	826	180.00–185.00	181.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	195.00–205.00	198.35
7	—	952	162.00	162.00
14	—	429	182.00–200.00	187.66
3	—	739	160.00–180.00	173.32
20	—	479	165.00–185.00	170.34
18	—	932	164.00–170.00	166.65

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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